How five minutes of SBD Dauntless dive bombing on June 4, 1942 sank three Japanese carriers and permanently shifted the balance of the Pacific War.
TaildraggerHow five minutes of dive bombing on June 4, 1942 - and the torpedo crews who made it possible - turned the tide of the Pacific War at Midway.
TaildraggerHow a crashed Japanese Zero in the Aleutians led directly to the F6F Hellcat's 19-to-1 kill ratio and the destruction of Japanese naval air power.
TaildraggerOver 100 WWII aircraft lost during carrier training on Lake Michigan survived 50+ years of cold freshwater, yielding some of the finest restored warbirds in existence.
TaildraggerThe Grumman F6F Hellcat achieved a 19-to-1 kill ratio in WWII, accounting for 75% of all U.S. Navy aerial victories in the Pacific theater.
TaildraggerSlow, underpowered, and nearly obsolete, the SBD Dauntless sank three Japanese fleet carriers in five minutes at Midway on June 4, 1942.
TaildraggerThe F4U Corsair was rejected by the Navy for carrier use, given to the Marines, and became the most feared fighter in the Pacific - serving through two wars across 13 years of production.
TaildraggerThe F4U Corsair was rejected by the U.S. Navy for carrier operations in 1942, then became one of WWII's most lethal fighters - and stayed in combat through Korea.
TaildraggerHow a crashed Japanese Zero in an Alaskan bog gave American engineers the intelligence to build the F6F Hellcat - the Pacific War's most lethal carrier fighter with a 19-to-1 kill ratio.
TaildraggerThe Curtiss NC-4 completed the first transatlantic air crossing in May 1919 - eight years before Lindbergh and two before Alcock and Brown.
TaildraggerOn June 4, 1942, the Douglas SBD Dauntless destroyed three Japanese fleet carriers in roughly five minutes at Midway, ending Japan's naval dominance in the Pacific.
TaildraggerThe Vought F4U Corsair was rejected by the U.S. Navy for carrier operations in 1942, yet became WWII's most celebrated fighter - with the British solving its notorious approach problem.
TaildraggerThe Grumman F6F Hellcat achieved a 19-to-1 kill ratio in WWII and enabled Commander David McCampbell's record nine-kill mission on October 24, 1944.
TaildraggerOn June 4, 1942, Lt. Cdr. Wade McClusky's decision to keep searching over empty Pacific waters led to a five-minute attack that sank three Japanese carriers and turned the tide of the war.
TaildraggerOn September 2, 1944, a 20-year-old Navy pilot named George H.W. Bush completed his bomb run over Chichi Jima with his engine on fire, bailed out, and floated four hours before a submarine rescued him.
TaildraggerHow the Grumman F6F Hellcat, built around combat reports from the Pacific, destroyed Japanese naval air power with a 19-to-1 kill ratio.
TaildraggerRadio Hangar explores The Vought F4U Corsair, the Bent-Wing Bird the Marines Called Whistling Death and the Navy Said Would Never Land on a Carrier.
TaildraggerHow the 1967 USS Forrestal fire killed 134 sailors and permanently changed how the U.S. Navy fights fire at sea.
TaildraggerHow Eugene Ely flew a Curtiss Pusher off USS Birmingham in 1910 and landed on USS Pennsylvania in 1911, inventing naval aviation.
TaildraggerThe Grumman F6F Hellcat reversed American fortunes in the Pacific by out-engineering the Zero, achieving a 19-to-1 kill ratio and accounting for over 60% of all naval air victories.
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